Genuine Or Fake - Montblanc Meisterstuck Tribute To The Mont Blanc Fountain Pen 106844

[rusty-pie]

Hello,

 

I am new to the forum ant this is my first post, and my first fountain pen too......

 

I have just purchased from a seller on amazon (not amazon directly) a new Montblanc Meisterstuck Tribute To The Mont Blanc Fountain Pen 106844 for approximately a third of what I think it's the retail price. It came in what it seems to be the original box with a brochure and warranty booklet, unstamped. The outside of the box was a little dirty and there were fingerprints on the metal parts of the pen, but the factory empty cartridge was still in the pen, so I believe that it might have been an ex-display item.....

 

I was wondering if anyone here would be so kind to help me out assessing this pen; I am happy to post photos, are there any specific details that would help in identify the authenticity of the pen?

 

Thank you in anticipation.

 

Edited August 6, 2016 by rusty-pie

[Erik Dalton]

Photos please

[Chrissy]

Hello and welcome to FPN from a fellow Brit.

 

I would be really concerned that you have not received an authentic Meisterstuck tribute pen for one third of it's retail price.

[rusty-pie]

Photos added to the original post, I'm happy to post additional shots if anyone wants to see specific details

[Erik Dalton]

This one is outside of my wheelhouse. There are plenty of guys and women on here who can give you a better idea. You will need to give more detailed pics though.

It's true that we love pics, but that aside, the nib, feed configuration(underside), imprinting on the cap and clip rings all help the experts make an educated evaluation.

[Valdair]

Shouldn't the Tribute to the Mont Blanc be a 146 form factor, and therefore a piston filler?

[Chrissy]

Shouldn't the Tribute to the Mont Blanc be a 146 form factor, and therefore a piston filler?

 

No, I don't think so.

[Chrissy]

Have you looked up the serial number on Google to see if you get any hits?

 

I think you would need to take it into a Montblanc boutique to get their view.

[SpecTP]

I don't see a 'Germany' or serial number on the clip.

[rusty-pie]

"made in Germany" and "metal" is engraved on the hidden side of the clip, and there is a serial number etched on the clip ring

Photo of the feed system added

[josefa]

I think it's a genuine MB.

[penparadise]

Lucky you! Nothing wrong with that pen, it's a genuine Montblanc pen.

[Erik Dalton]

Its not a piston filler?

[SL_BRABUS]

Lucky you! Nothing wrong with that pen, it's a genuine Montblanc pen.

 

This......^^^.....

[chunya]

I'm pretty sure that this came in the LeGrand and Classique sizes, as well as a smaller 'Mozart' type version. I assume that the LeGrand will have been a piston filler? The price difference between them would be quite a bit.

[Chrissy]

Now you have uploaded the additional pics I would say it looks authentic.

[rusty-pie]

Thanks everyone for the replies and the help. I am glad to hear that I have not parted with a considerable amount of money in exchange of a worthless fake!

 

There is another issue which I would like to hear your opinions about. Apart from the low asking price, I had another reason which made me doubt about the authenticity of the pen: I was expecting a smoother writing experience from such an expensive product.

 

I have not used a fountain pens since I was a teenager (it was about 30 years ago!) but my memory was of an extremely smooth and flowing movement, therefore I was a little surprised by feeling some "roughness" in the gliding of the nib on the paper, and by experiencing sometime what I think is called "skipping", i.e. lack of ink flowing for a few millimetres, especially during the first stroke of a sentence. Is this normal? If not, is there any remedy? I did not remember experiencing this with my old pens, but as I have said it was many years ago and maybe my memory is not so accurate.....

 

Cheers

[SpecTP]

visit a nibmeister.

[JLS1]

Thanks everyone for the replies and the help. I am glad to hear that I have not parted with a considerable amount of money in exchange of a worthless fake!

 

There is another issue which I would like to hear your opinions about. Apart from the low asking price, I had another reason which made me doubt about the authenticity of the pen: I was expecting a smoother writing experience from such an expensive product.

 

I have not used a fountain pens since I was a teenager (it was about 30 years ago!) but my memory was of an extremely smooth and flowing movement, therefore I was a little surprised by feeling some "roughness" in the gliding of the nib on the paper, and by experiencing sometime what I think is called "skipping", i.e. lack of ink flowing for a few millimetres, especially during the first stroke of a sentence. Is this normal? If not, is there any remedy? I did not remember experiencing this with my old pens, but as I have said it was many years ago and maybe my memory is not so accurate.....

 

Cheers

 

Skipping might be due to a number of factors such as different combinations of nib, ink and paper; could you provide more details about what combination of ink/paper you're using when this happens? Also, have you tried writing with other inks and/or on other types of paper?

 

By the way, how long have you been writing with this pen? One other thought that occurred to me is that it's possible that with a new pen, it sometimes takes a while for the feed to be saturated with ink. If you write during this period, you might experience skipping because not enough ink is flowing through the feed (yet). If this is the case, the skipping should decrease and go away within a day or so - this is my experience, so YMMV...

Edited August 18, 2016 by JLS1

[mulrich]

Given the complex nature of the engravings I would be surprised if a counterfeiter could produce a reasonable fake Tribute.

 

If like you said the pen looked used when you opened the box it's entirely possible that someone had misused it. Since you got such a great deal on the pen I would consider a trip to a nibmeister as a small inconvenience and you would still come out way ahead.